YouTube spotted testing picture-in-picture feature for Web

The Google video site is now testing this remarkably convenient functionality on the web.

If you can't wait for YouTube's own picture-in-picture tool to arrive, or you want to keep playing a video while you browse other sites, a similar feature is already available through Firefox's Test Pilot program. It has been mentioned that this feature is visible on one account but is working on different web browsers like Chrome, Safari, Mac and Chrome OS.

If rolled out to your account, you will be able to start a video and then click anywhere on YouTube - including returning to the homepage, performing a search, or viewing a channel.

According to those with access to the test, the user can control the floating video, such as pausing it, but it doesn't appear that the picture-in-picture experience can be disabled. You'll also find the name of the video directly below the player and playlists in the bottom-right corner that you can scroll through.

At the moment, the feature is undergoing testing with a small number of users.

Once you login to your account on YouTube, you can start a video and navigate around the page to start the video in a floating pop up window. Instead, it shrinks and moves to the bottom-right corner of the screen, just like on mobile. It's a feature that's already available in the YouTube apps for iOS and Android, but it hasn't been seen before on the desktop. Performance is quite smooth, but YouTube could always decide to not launch the feature.

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